Seraphina

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proper noun

A female given name from Latin.

OriginLatin Seraphina →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name from Latin.

    I breathed out the name Seraphina into the moonlight in an increasing transport. "Seraphina! Seraphina! Seraphina!" The repeated beauty of the sound intoxicated me.

    1903, Joseph Conrad, Romance, Babylon Dreams, →ISBN, page 196

Origin

  1. LatinSeraphina
  2. EnglishSeraphina

From Late Latin Seraphina, name of obscure early martyrs, from biblical seraphim. By surface analysis, Seraphin + -a.

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Translations

Finnish Serafiina
  • Serafiinafemale given name
French Séraphine
  • Séraphinefemale given name
German Seraphina
  • Seraphinafemale given name
Italian Serafina
  • Serafinafemale given name
Portuguese Serafina
  • Serafinafemale given name
Russian Серафи́ма
  • Серафи́ма (Serafíma)female given name
Spanish Serafina
  • Serafinafemale given name

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Seraphina. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Seraphina

MLA

“Seraphina.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Seraphina. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Seraphina,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Seraphina.

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